Rubber-bumper housing



RUBBER BUMPER HOUSING l Filed Nov. a.. 1926 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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.Patented July 22, 1930 HERBERT J. rArrIsoN, or CLEVELAND, oHIo,Ass`IGNoE.To rHEWjrLLyaovEnLANn;

COMPANY, or ToLEDo,oHro, A CORPORATION 0E oHIo RUBBER-BUMPER .HOUSING Application led November This invention relates to axles'for motor vehicles, andfmore particularly to composite axles having ycast brake supports secured to a central housing..

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an axle for a motor vehicle having cast brake supports to which resilient bumpers may be cheaply and quickly fitted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a brake support for a motor vehicle axle tegral with the support. Y

Another object of the invention is to provide a brake support for an axle in which the bumper sockets are integral and adapted to retain resilient bumpers therein without the use of separate securing means.

Other objects will appear from the description to follow, in conjunction with which'for the purposes of the present application, I have illustrated` one embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings, 1n which: Figure I is a sectional side elevation of a in which the bumper sockets are formed inportion of a motor vehicle taken on line I-I of Fig. IV, showing a resilient bumper mounted in my improved brake support.

Fig. II vis an enlarged sectional view of the socket portion of the support showing the housing end that forms the bottom of the socket. Fig. III is a perspective view of the resilient bumper. y

Fig. IV is a rear elevation partlyin section of a motor vehicle rear axle, showin the vehicle frame.

Fig. V is a top plan view of a portion of the brake support with the frame broken away to show the bumper and socket.

The use of resilient bumpers is known to be old inthe art but the'novel means of securing the bumper to the axle, as set Jforth in the description to follow, is new and materially reduces the labor and cost heretoforeV vinvolved in installing bumpers.

Referring tothe drawings, -in which like characters refer to like parts throughout the views, l is-a central housing of a composite rear axle within which are enclosed the usual parts for driving wheels 2 of the vehicle.

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Aty 'each .end of housing. l isa-secured :a brake;` support 3;.which is `preferably'vaf castingffink orderto provide suicient i rigidity for: secure ingthe vehiclesprngs 4t andprovi-de support` for the braking mechanism.enclosedgin brake.. 551i drum. Brake. support .3 isrcasttwith .an integral socket portion. having-v2.` inturned.

' flanges -7 which are adapted to; overlap'a and. grip Y the outwardly projecting feet bfslthe resilient bumper 9, The-'innen portionsno'faegg supports 3 are preferably'formedofathasame shapegas, the end portions :ofc-housing:` :12 scrl: thatthe supports may bepressedthereonn` and secured ,thereto .by y anyy suitableJ meanse suchasrivets.10.`

The endportions of. housing 1 .preferably `extend into each of thesupports 3 a sufficient* distance tolprovide la bottomiorithe socket portion `Gthat preferably opensiinto` thebody i of thecastsupport 3, but if desired the bottoni-f701it may `beucast. vintegral .with-the supporti: Socketslare so located onuthehousingxthab when, the` ,axle is assembledf toi f then-vehicle; they willopen upward and beiiiimm'ediately inFigIV. ,i The-resilient bumper19,whichfmaybermade of rubber. or` othersuitableV material, is provided with laterally extending feet 8 that engage Linder the `flanges V7 of the socket V6. umper 9 is preferably somewhat wider than the internal diameter of thel socket so that when compressed and inserted it will below the superimposed `fr'amalii. aswshown i g expand and tightly engage the sides of the Q the location of the bumpers wlth relatlon to socket 6. The base of the bumper may be concave in form as shown in Fig. III, and although this form is not essential, the concave base will permit the bumper to be more easily compressed, and will also increase the resili ency, because of the air space l2 formed between the bumper and the bottomV of its socket. y 4

It may be easily seen `from the foregoing description that I have provided a means for securing aresilient bumper to amotor ve- 35 hicle axle that may becast integral with the brake support with practically no additional cost, and which will require no additional securing means for the bumper.

While I" have illustrated and describedcof somewhat .in detail one Vembodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that this showing and description are illustrative only, and that I do not regard the invention as 5 limited to the details of construction illustrated-and described, except in so far as I have included such limitations Within the terms of the following claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in theinventionv 'broadly as Vvvell as specically.

I claim as my invention: v.

1. The combination with an axlehousing for a motor vehicle having aframe above said housing, of a vehicle brake support se-v cured. to said housing having an opening Y therein, a resilient bumper in said openingand a portionk of said housingextending intosaid support beneath saidbumper and form ing Va support therefor. v

2. A compositefaxle for al motor vehicle comprising a central housing, a pair of brake supports secured to said housing at the ends thereof,said brake supports having integral sockets formed therein, said housing having its ends projecting into said supports beneath said sockets, resilient bumpers rested on the! housing having extended yeet Within said sockets and integral inturnedflanges on said sockets for securingV the yfeet of said bumpers-and retaining them vvithinY said sockets. Y

r3. A composite axle for a motor vehicle comprising a central housing, a brake support secured to said housing at the end thereof,

said brake support having an integrallsocket with a constricted mouth formed therein, said housing having a portion thereof projecting Within thesupport beneathlthe socket, and a 4 o resilient bumper Within said socket and rested on the housing.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

Y HERBERT JJPATTISON. 

